LUCKNOW: A youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly hitting a woman constable on her face with a rod after she confronted him for passing lewd remarks at her in Aliganj area.
The residents chased the miscreant and nabbed him.
Police said Prabhat Kumar of Aliganj had been booked for murder attempt, eve teasing and voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a public servant to deter her from duty. The woman constable was on duty in pink patrolling, a wing formed to prevent incidents of crime against girls/women.
The profusely bleeding woman constable had to be admitted to a hospital. Police said the accused was the son of an advocate. The woman constable lives in the same locality on rent.
“The woman constable dressed in police uniform was patrolling in the area when the miscreant spotted her and passed lewd comments on her. Irked over this, the woman constable confronted him and this infuriated him to such an extent that he attacked her with an iron rod,” said ADCP, North Zone, Prachi Singh.
She said the accused was being interrogated at the police station.
